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    No drivers!!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by xbahamunatx, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. xbahamunatx

    xbahamunatx Notebook Guru

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    no bus drivers, car drivers, van drivers, NOTHING!! jkjk . . .
    okay sry bout that. Well my real problem is that i just bought a notebook (p-7811 gateway) and i reinstalled vista to get rid of the blaotwares(unneccesary software) Now i have a clean vista 64-bit but with no drivers! I can't even connect to the internet to download them. What should i do?? :confused:
     
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    Diablo Metalhead

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    here ya go. i believe it should be all the drivers you need.

    ashura posted them last night. you will need 7-zip to open up the archive though. don't forget to rep
     
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    xbahamunatx Notebook Guru

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    it wouldnt be a problem if there was internet for my laptop. The question is how to install those drivers using the internet
     
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    you dont have a thumb drive or external hard drive you could download the drivers to? your obviously getting on the internet somehow....if it comes down to it, you could do a LAN transfer of the driver files over from one computer to the next.
     
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    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Vista should have installed the network driver for your wired connection ? probably not the intel one but i could have sworn it did on my machine after i formatted . maybe this has changed with the new machine.
     
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    xbahamunatx Notebook Guru

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    ok i got the drivers on a flash drive and i connected it to my notebook. How do i install those?
     
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    you have to download 7-zip (just like winrar, but it compresses files smaller) and use that to open up the archive. link to download 7-zip here once its unpacked, it should be the setup.exe files in the respective folders.
     
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    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    If handling the 7zip file is the problem you can also use Universal Extractor. It is a neat little program that you don't have to install. Just drag/drop the 7zip file onto the exe or shortcut for UE and extraction starts. Either way works. If you are not accustomed to portable programs just use 7-zip.
    http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=641
     
    Syngensmyth, Aug 17, 2008
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